ABSTRACT

Southeastern U.S. Capital and largest city: Atlanta. Georgia was one of the 13 colonies that adopted the U.S. Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776. It became the 4th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution January 2, 1788. Georgia seceded from the Union January 19, 1861, as a Confederate state. It was readmitted to the Union July 15, 1870.